As the balls explode, gaps will appear in the path between if the balls adjacent to the gap are of the same color, they will pull together to eliminate the gap, allowing for potentially lengthy combos. The frog spits out balls of random color to make this happen, and the path must be cleared before the string reaches the yellow skull. On this path, balls appear and will explode when placed adjacent to at least two others of the same color, forming a group of three or more. The actual gameplay puts the frog on (usually) a single point on-screen, with a complex, winding path surrounding him. Hence, our froggy hero is forced to run around and defeat all of them in order to escape the island. The Polynesian island happens to be lorded over by several evil priestly types who have decided that frog legs sound like a delicious snack. The premise of Zuma's Revenge has you playing as a frog who got himself washed up on a Polynesian island … on a raft that he built out of bamboo and a large pair of PopCap boxer shorts. Inevitable piles of ports are sure to follow. Now, they've released a competent, fun and addictive sequel in Zuma's Revenge for PC.

Nonetheless, Zuma was a classic game with many imitators (and resulted in a direct revival of Puzz Loop itself in the Nintendo DS game, Magnetica), none of which really captured the gameplay as well as PopCap. Yes, that premise, although when it's worded like that, it attains a level of weirdness that is very common to PopCap's creations. Never has playing as a frog who spits balls at other balls been so addictive. Regardless of the arguments of whether or not this is a good thing for the industry, one thing's for sure: Few games pull off being as addictive as some of the best PopCap products.Ĭase in point: Zuma, a game that was clearly inspired by the Japanese classic, Puzz Loop. Simple puzzle, tower defense, and other games that can be started and stopped in less than five minutes - or turn into multi-hour festivals - represent a profit base for them that continues to grow.

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